Appointment of Pearl Arnold Mfusi as Director of the Kwazulu-Natal Law Society
The President and Council of the KwaZulu-Natal Law Society announce the appointment of Pearl Arnold Mfusi as Director of the KwaZulu-Natal Law Society and...
Businesses pushing back against self-serving legal industry
Caveat Legal reflects on 10 years of legal industry disruption
The commercial legal sector has lost focus on its original purpose - to protect and...
LPC launches digital identification to ensure suspended or struck-off legal practitioners don’t cheat clients
Following the prevalence of bogus legal practitioners who defraud innocent and desperate members of the public, the Legal Practice Council launches LPC digital ID...
Law Society Elects New President and Vice-Presidents
The Law Society of South Africa has elected Mvuzo Notyesi as President, Baitseng Rangata as Vice-President and Jan van Rensburg as Acting Vice-President at...
8 Key Takeaways From Legaltech 2020
As in years past, last week’s Legaltech New York conference was the right place and time to catch the pulse of an evolving industry....
Law Society Conveyancing Task Team Report Adopted
The Law Society of South Africa’s (LSSA) House of Constituents (HoC) established a Conveyancing Task Team to review the concerns on the poor pass...
Misrepresentation by Law Firms Notice
NOTICE TO LEGAL PRACTITIONERS
02 June 2022
Dear Legal Practitioners
It has come to the attention of the Legal Practice Council that certain legal practitioners and/or firms...
Leading SA legal firms engage students and graduates on the #FutureofLaw
How are South African law firms responding to Covid-19, has business changed and what the future of law looks like for students and graduates.
Software-as-a-service...
Proposed Protocol to be Adopted by the Branch: Master to Address the National Disaster...
From the OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MASTER (dated 2nd May 2020)
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. The Master is a creature of statute and therefore has an obligation...
When is a debt not a “debt”?
Once upon a time, not too long ago, the word “debt”1 in the 1969 Prescription Act (the “Act”)2 covered just about any obligation to...
New leaders for the attorneys’ profession: Mabunda and Scott Elected ss Co-Chairpersons of the...
Johannesburg attorney and Black Lawyers Association President Busani Mabunda and Pietermaritzburg attorney Richard Scott have been elected as Co-Chairpersons of the Law Society of...
Proxi Smart Services Pty Ltd v LSSA et al
Proxi Smart has approached the ConCourt for leave to appeal the judgement by the High Court and the subsequent dismissal of its application for...
